[Mountain]

... since the idea of this take on the Corvette race car is to be as close to production as possible, a road-version will likely have the FPC engine.

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/c...ils-confirmed/

The car, presented Thursday to journalists at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, shares the “closest link” to its production counterpart ever, according to GM Racing director Mark Kent.

Among the noticeable difference is the C8.R’s flat-plane crank V8, which is not currently offered in the production model.

"The C7.R, in terms of ACO and FIA homologation, it was a 2015+ car,” Louth explained.

“So as the C7.R was homologated for 2014, then there was a major rules change that created a lot more aerodynamic freedom and had higher aero performance windows.

“Several manufacturers, including us, converted a 2014/15 car to 2016, did all the aero updates we could.

“[The other brands] all moved on to new cars specifically developed to the new rules.

“Because we started with the previous rules package we weren’t able to take advantage of the full rules.

“This is going to be real exciting for us to have a car that’s on par, if not better, than the competition.”

[Osbornsm]

Good read. Thanks